Cord adjuster for electric irons



May '19, 1931. A. MORAWSKI CORD ADJUSTER FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Filed Oct. 31, 1929 Patented May 19, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CORD ADJUSTER FOR ELECTRIC IRONS Application filed October 31, 1929. Serial No. 403,855.

This invention has relation to the conducting lines or cords for electric irons, and has for its object the provision of means for taking up and maintaining slack in such cords in order to conveniently dispose of superfluous lengths or sections of cord when the iron is used in close proximity to the plug socket, or bulb socket from which the current is obtained.

The invention consists in the provision of a pair of looped leather straps, which are attached to hooks on the ends of the spiral springs sometimes employed in connection with the conduction cord to allow the connection to be stretched to accommodate it to the position of the electric iron on the ironing table, such strap being formed with a slot at one end and a hole at the other end, whereby they may be engaged with hooks at the ends of the spring and looped through the slot and around the conductor and thus form a slack adjuster, which may be slidably arranged at any convenient point be tween the iron and the electric socket.

The invention further consists in the provision of means whereby the spring connection may be used to support a conducting cord from a hook pivotally attached to a wall, or alternatively attached at both ends to the conducting cord solely.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ironing table, with an iron resting thereon and the devices constituting my invention connected thereto, the spring being attached at one end only to the iron;

Figure 2 is a similar view with the spring attached at both ends to the conducting cord; 7

Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are detail views.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents an ironing table, 2 an electric iron resting thereon and 3 the conducting cord, which is provided with a plug to be inserted in a wall socket or in the socket of a light fixture, and connected in any suitable way to the iron.

The numeral 4 designates a spiral spring having at each end a hook 5.

The numeral 6 designates a leather or other flexible strap having near one end a longitudinal slot 7 and near the other end a hole 8.

In applying the spring to the conductor cord, the strap is looped as shown in Fig. 4, by passing one end through the slot 7 and around the conducting cord and drawing the same to a closely embracing position so as to tightly grip the cord.

The free ends of the strap 6 are then hooked over the hooks 5 and the cord adjusted to produce any desired amount of slack as indicated at 9.

As will be seen, the spring being slidably connected to the cord by means of the looped straps, it may be moved easily to any position and the amount of slack desired, or necessary, produced.

By reason of the gripping and slidable character of the straps the device may be used without any injury to the conducting cord and may be speedily adjusted without disconnection from the conducting cord.

The numeral 10 designates a wire or rod having one end bent perpendicularly to form a pivot 11 and the other end bent to form a hook or hanger 12. This rod is pivotally connected to a wall bracket 13, and consists of a flat plate, provided with screw holes and bent around at one edge to form a bearing for the pivot 11.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings, the arrangement utilizes the holder 10, in which use the spring is disconnected at one end from the conducting cord and attached to the holder 10. The full lines and dotted lines show respectively diflerent positions of the cord when the iron is near the wall socket and when away therefrom.

In this arrangement the slack of the cord is taken up as depending folds. This arrangement is particularly convenient when the cord is plugged into a wall socket.

In Fig. 2 the spring is slidably connected at both ends to the cord and the slack hangs loosely as shown at 14. This arrangement is particularly suitable and convenient where the cord is attached to the socket of an overhanging lamp.

I I claim:

An attachment for the conducting cord of an electric iron comprising a spiral spring, a leather strap slotted at one end to receive the other end to provide a slide 100p for the cord and the end of the strap threaded through the loop being engaged with one end of the spring. I I

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

. -ADOLF MORAWSKI. 

